ScreenPlay Firsts

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ScreenPlay Firsts is a BBC Two anthology TV series consisting of short films and plays made by first time directors, who are predominantly British.{{Cite web |title=ScreenPlay Firsts |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150789397 |access-date=13 June 2023 |website=BFI Collections}}{{Cite web |date=17 August 1987 |title=ScreenPlay Firsts: Careless Talk |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b6415ac4425b4c09997b253786359360 |access-date=13 June 2023 |website=BBC Programme Index}}{{Cite web |date=4 November 2022 |title=Screenplay Firsts |url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1990s/screenplay-firsts/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |website=Nostalgia Central |language=en-GB}}

The filmmakers are mainly graduates of film schools in UK and abroad, who have never had one of their productions broadcast on TV before.

Each film is approximately 30 minutes in length.

The first film was broadcast on the 17 August 1987.

Episodes

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! scope="col" |Series Number

! scope="col" |Episode Number

! scope="col" |Film Title

! scope="col" |Director

! scope="col" |Release Date

! scope="col" |Film School

! scope="col" |Awards

! scope="col" |Result

Series 1

|Episode 1

|Careless Talk

|Noella Smith

|17 August 1987

|National Film School

|BAFTA Award 1985 - Best Short Film

|{{won}}

Series 1

|Episode 2

|The Act

|Chris Fallon

|18 August 1987

|Royal College of Art, School of Film and Television

|Chicago International Film Festival 1986 - Gold Plaque for Best Short Film

|{{won}}

Series 1

|Episode 3

|See You At Wembley, Frankie Walsh

|Mark Herman

|19 August 1987

|National Film School

|Student Film Awards 1987 - Foreign Student Film

|{{won}}

Series 1

|Episode 4

|Roach Motel

|Bryan Sinclair Morgan

|20 August 1987

|Royal College of Art

|

Series 1

|Episode 5

|A View from a Window{{efn|Also known as Mohammed's Daughter}}

|Suri Krishnamma

|21 August 1987

|Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design

|BAFTA Award 1986 - Best Short Film

|{{nom}}

Series 2

|Episode 1

|The Riveter

|Michael Caton-Jones

|6 September 1988

|National Film School

|

Series 2

|Episode 2

|Queen Sacrifice

|Julian Richards

|13 September 1988

|Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design

|

Series 2

|Episode 3

|Edward{{efn|Also known as Edvard}}

|Justin Hardy

|20 September 1988

|

Series 2

|Episode 4

|Borderland

|Teresa Moore

|27 September 1988

| National Film and Television School

|

Series 2

|Episode 5

|Substance of Dreams

|Tom Peirce

|4 October 1988

|Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design

|

Series 2

|Episode 6

|Facts of Life

|Laura Sims

|11 October 1988

|National Film and Television School

|

Series 3

|Episode 1

|Sincerely, Harold Washington

|Simon Howard

|19 July 1989

|London International Film School

|

Series 4

|Episode 1

|Arrivederci Millwall

|Charles McDougall

|3 January 1990

|National Film and Television School

|

Series 4

|Episode 2

|The Unkindest Cut

|Jim Shields

|4 January 1990

|National Film and Television School

|

Series 4

|Episode 3

|The Audition

|Anna Campion

|11 January 1990

|

Series 4

|Episode 4

|June

|John Strickland

|18 January 1990

|

Series 4

|Episode 5

|False Profit

|Mark Logan

|25 January 1990

|West Surrey College of Art and Design

|

Series 4

|Episode 6

|Fotofinish

|Sönke Wortmann

|1 February 1990

|Munich Film School

|

Series 4

|Episode 7

|Looking after Number One

|Simon Cellan Jones

|6 February 1990

|

Series 5

|Episode 1

|King of Jazz

|Bill Anderson

|17 July 1991

|National Film and Television School

|

Series 5

|Episode 2

|That Burning Question

|Alan Taylor

|24 July 1991

|New York University

|

Series 5

|Episode 3

|Jack's Bicycle

|John Moore

|31 July 1991

|Rathmines College of Commerce

|

Series 5

|Episode 4

|When I Was a Girl

|David Yates

|14 August 1991

|

Series 5

|Episode 5

|Wendy

|James Doyle & Matthew Leys

|21 August 1991

|Royal College of Art

|

Series 5

|Episode 6

|Clubland

|Laura Sims

|28 August 1991

|

Series 5

|Episode 7

|A Life in Death

|Richard Monks

|28 August 1991

|Royal College of Art

|

Series 5

|Episode 8

|Big Swinger

|Declan Recks

|4 September 1991

|Don Laoghaire College of Art

|

Series 5

|Episode 9

|Carmela Campo

|Ariel Piluso

|11 September 1991

|National Film School

|

Series 5

|Episode 10

|Sunday on Mars

|David Hill

|18 September 1991

|National Film School

|

Series 6

|Episode 1

|Saints and Scholars

|Eamonn Manning

|15 July 1992

|Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design

|

Series 6

|Episode 2

|Siberian Summer

|Andras Der

|22 July 1992

|

Series 6

|Episode 3

|Bossanova Blues

|Eamonn Manning

|29 July 1992

|Royal College of Art

|

Series 6

|Episode 4

|BitterSweet

|Ute Krause

|12 August 1992

|Munich Television and Film School

|

Series 6

|Episode 5 (Part 1)

|Resurrection

|Ray Kilby

|19 August 1992

|Royal College of Art

|

Series 6

|Episode 5 (Part 2)

|TuningIn

|Elaine Streeter

|19 August 1992

|National Film and Television School

|

Series 6

|Episode 6

|Through an Open Window

|Eric Mendelsohn

|26 August 1992

|

Series 6

|Episode 7

|Supper at Emmaus

|Frances Kelly

|16 September 1992

|National Film and TV School

|

Series 7

|Episode 1 (Part 1)

|Schwarzfahrer{{efn|Also known as Fare Dodger}}

|Pepe Danquart

|6 September 1993

|

Series 7

|Episode 1 (Part 2)

|The Burden

|Naranhuar

|6 September 1993

|

Series 7

|Episode 2

|The Chanter

|Jon Love

|7 September 1993

|

Series 7

|Episode 3

|The Miller's Tale

|Ray Kilby

|8 September 1993

|

Series 7

|Episode 4 (Part 1)

|The Shoes

|Nicholas Martin

|9 September 1993

|

Series 7

|Episode 4 (Part 2)

|Like/Dislike

|Chris Boebel

|9 September 1993

|

Series 7

|Episode 5 (Part 1)

|Money Talks

|Alrick Riley

|10 September 1993

|

Series 7

|Episode 5 (Part 2)

|The Waiter

|Tania Diez

|10 September 1993

|

Series 7

|Episode 6

|Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again

|Betsan Morns Evans

|29 September 1993

|

References

External links

{{IMDb title|tt28061056}}
[https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150789397 BFI Collections - ScreenPlay Firsts]
[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=%22Screenplay+Firsts%22#top BBC Programme Index - ScreenPlay Firsts]
[https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/screenplay-firsts-1993 Ravensbourne University London - BBC Motion Graphics Archive - ScreenPlay Firsts - Opening Titles]

Category:1987 British television series debuts

Category:1993 British television series endings

Category:1980s British drama television series

Category:1990s British drama television series

Category:1980s British anthology television series

Category:1990s British anthology television series

Category:British English-language television shows